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APPARATUS FOR TRANSFBHRING MATERIALS. APPLICATION FILED. JUNE 25, 1908.

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THOMAS SPENCER MILLER, SDUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. I

Patented Jan. 2,1912.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, THOMAS SPnNoER MILLER,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of South Orange, countyof Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain novel anduseful Improvements in Apparatus for Transferring Materials, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for handling and transferringmaterials in bulk,

such as coal or other masses of material, and

in the resent instance, I have shown, by way of illustration, myinvention as applied to the handling of coal and the transferring ofthe' same from one vessel to another; al-

- though I wish it to be understood that I described.

do not limit myself to the particular use which. for the purposes of anunderstanding of the invention, I have herein shown and transference ofa cargo from a barge along-.

side the coal station to-a battleship on the opposite side of thestation. Fig. 2 is a view of the traveling support or tower carrying thehoisting and transferring apparatus. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view,illustrating the various leads of rope of the hoisting and transferringapparatus. Fig. 4: is a top plan view of enp'lne for hoisting andopening and closing the bucket. Fig. 5 is a similar View of the swingingor transferring engine which is employed to convey or swing the bucketto the point -where it is to be dumped. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional viewsimilar to Fig. 1,

but showing my invention as applied to a sea-going collier, in thisinstance, having a mast or masts thereon, for the sup ort of thehoisting gear, instead of the trave mg tower Mounted upon the station Bis a movable 1 or traveling tower 5, having wheels 6 rest-. in on tracksor rails 7, so that the tower may be moved' longitudinally of thestation as desired. Extending in opposite directions and from oppositesides of the tower are the booms 8, suitably pivoted as at 9 ,to thetower, and provided with the ordinary stays or guys 10, so that thebooms-may be adjusted at the desired elevation. 11 indicates-a grabbucket, in the present instance shown'as of the clam shell type,although it is to be understood that such bucket may be of any desiredsort. This bucket is hoisted, opened and closed by means of the rope 12operating the power wheel 13 of the bucket, said rope 12 passing fromthe bucket up and over the sheave 14, suitably connected to the support,and thence such line passes downward and around the drum 15 of theengine D. The holding rope 16 of the bucket passes up and over thesheave 17, thence down to the drum 18 of the engine D. By these ropes 12and 16 the bucket is opened and closed, hoisted and lowered.

I 19 designates a swinger block or trolley carrying the sheaves 20, 21and 22 between which the ropes 12 and 16 pass. This swinger block isdesigned to be moved horizontally to deliver or take a load off eitherside of the station. To accomplish this, I locate at or near the ends ofthe. booms 8 a sheave 23, and connect to the opposite ends of the block19 the swinger ropes 24:, these ropes passing around the sheaves 23,thence toward the center of the station or collier, around the. sheave25, and thence down to the drum '26 ofthe'swinger engine E. The swingerblock or floatingtrolley is suspended from the tower or support by apendulum rope .27, secured at one end, as at 28, to the block, thencepassing over the sheave 29 at the tower or mast, the opposite end ofsaid pendulum rope being attached to a counterweight or tension device30, said weight being slightly in excess of the weight of the floatingtrolley or swinger block.

31 designates a stop suitably located on the pendulum rope, as in Fig. 6and-on side of tower in Fig.3 so that the weight is pre- I venteddropping so low as, to hoist the floating trolley above an approximatelystraight line drawn from the pulleys at the outboard end of the booms.The employmentof the weight in conjunction with this pendulum rope alsoenables me to take up any slack in the pendulum rope, and therefore havethe trajectory of the bucket approach asnearly as practicable a straightline.- This enables me to employ a tower or mast of ing drum 15, slackbeing also taken in on' the line 16 b the drum 18. When the bucketstrikes the oating trolley, it is read to be swung horizontally to thepoint of eposit, and this is accomplished by an operator at the engine Eoperating the drum 26, the operator at the engine D paying out the lines12 and 16 sufliciently to permit the outward traveling of the bucket.When the bucket has reached the point of deposit, the drum 26 isstopped,the bucket is held by holding on the line 16 through the drum 18 andsuch bucket is dumped by paying out the line 12, To swing the bucketback, the bucket is hoisted somewhat and returns in it trajectoryapproaching nearly a straight Under ordinary conditions, my apparatuspermits the. coaling of a ship or the transferring of material in bulkwith ease and rapidity. In the case of'coaling'in. smooth water, wherethe apparatus is adapted for use upon a collier, I may substitute, inplace of the traveling tower, a stationary or per-- manent mast F, suchas is shown in Fig. 6, but otherwise the apparatus employed may be thesame.

Although I have in the foregoing specification described a completeequipment for the continuous handling of material in bulk, I do not wishto limit myself to the use of the whole apparatus, since I am aware thatmy invention embodies different parts, which are capable of several aswell as joint use, and each and all of which I intend to claim.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim is:

1. The combination of a supply station, an elevated support thereon, ahoisting-rope sheave connected to the support, a hoisting.

drum adjacent to the support, a holsting rope leading from said drumover said hoisting rope sheaveand thence downward, a floating trolley orswinger block, a penduand. extending lum rope from which said block issuspendswinger frame, a weight constituting a takeup for said pendulumrope, and swingerropes connected with said swinger frame said hoisting vope. v

3. The combination of anelevated supin opposite directions from 1 port,a load carrier, a hoisting rope for said 6 load carrier, means otherthan the hoisting-rope for swinging said carrier in opposite directionsin an approximately horizontal path, means whereby the hoistin r o e isfreely movable at all times longitu, inal y of itself relative to theswinging means, a

pendulum rope connected to the means for swinging the carrier,'and atake-up for the pendulum rope.

'4. The combination of a support, two booms extending from said support,a hoisting rope, a load carrier connected thereto, a floating swingerframe for swinging the load carrier, oppositely directed ropes forpositively swinging the swinger frame in opposite directions andcounterbalancing means for controlling said swinger frame to cause theload to travel in an approximately straight path between the ends of thebooms.

5. In combination, a supply station, a movable support thereon, a loadcarrier, means for hoisting the load carrier, a swinger frame, apendulum rope therefor, a take-up device for the pendulum rope, andmeans for limiting the movement of the take-up device.

6. In combination, a supply station, a support thereon, a load carrier,means for hoisting the load carrier, a swinger frame, a pendulum ropetherefor, a weight for the pendulum rope and a stop for said weight.

7. In combination, a hoisting rope, an actuator therefor, an elevatedhoisting rope sheave, a swinger frame, swinger ropes'connecting saidswinger frame and extending laterally in opposite directions, a pendulumrope whereby said swinger frame is suspended and supported from. anelevated point during its swinging movements, and a tension device forsaid pendulum rope.

8. In combination, a hoisting rope, an

"ing rope, swinger-ropes connectedwith saidswmger frame and extending inopposite directions, an actuator for said swinger ropes, a pendulum ropeby which. said swinger frame is suspended from an elevation, a tensiondevice for the pendulum rope,

and means whereby the elevation of the pendulum rope is limited toretain the movement of the swinger frame in a predetermined horizontalpath.

- 10. The combination of a support, booms projected in oppositedirections from the support, a pendulum rope suspended from the supportat a point above the booms, a load-swinger supported by the pendulumrope, a rope traversing the booms for moving the load-swingertransversely of the support, hoisting means for the load engaged by theload-swinger, and a counterbalance for the load-swinger connected to thependulum rope.

11. The combination of a support, booms projected in opposite directionsfrom the support, a pendulum rope suspended from the support at a pointabove the booms, a load swinger supported by the pendulumrope, meanscarried by the booms for moving the load-swinger transversely of thesupport, a load-carrier movable with the said load-swinger, hoistinmeans for raising and lowering the loa -carrier, and a counterbalancefor the load swinger connected to the pendulum rope, i

'12. The combination of a support, a pendulum element suspended at anelevated point on said support, a load swinger supported by the pendulumelement and movable therewith transversely of the support, to points onopposite sides of the point of suspension,means for imparting the trans4 verse movement to the load swinger, means for hoisting the load, and acounterbalance for the load swinger connected to the pendulum element.

13. The combination of a support, a' pendulum element suspended at anelevate point on said support, a load swinger sup .ported by thependulum element and movable therewith transversely of the support topoints on opposite sides of the point of suspension, means for impartingthe-transverse movement to the load swinger, means for raising andlowering the load, and means from a point adjacent tov said ele-'element according to the position of the load swmtge'r relativle to thepoint ofsuspension said pendulum element.

la. The combinationof a su port, a load lum elements'usfpended at anelevate point on sald support, a load swinger supported by the pen ulumelement and mo'vab e therewith t-ransversely of the support to pointstions, and a pendulum rope by which said swinger-frame is suspended froma point adjacent to said elevated hoisting rope sheave, arid meansconnected to the pendulum rope for counterbalancing the swinger frame;

l earner and holstmg rope there or, a en'du- 16. In combination, ahoisting rope, an

.actuator' therefor, an elevated hoisting rope sheave, a swinger-frameengaging the fall of said holstmg rope, swinger ropes connected Withsaidswinger-frame and extending laterally from said fall in oppositedirections, a pendulum rope by which said swinger frame is suspendedfrom an elevation, a counterbalance on the pendulum rope, and guidewheels for said hoisting rope mounted on the swinger-frame.

l7. Machinery'for handling coal, etc. comprising .a vertical support,oppositely disposed gafls carried thereby, guide sheaves at theextremities of said gafi's, a horizontal traverse rope passing over saidsheaves, a flying trolley supported and moved horizontally by saidhorizontal traverse rope, a guide sheave carried by said support abovethe trolley, a hoisting rope passsing over said last-named guide sheaveand through said trolley to be moved horizontally therewith to one sideor the. other, a. pendulum rope connected to the trolley and passingover a sheave on the support above the path of the trolley and" acounter-balance on said vpendulum rope.

,18. In combination, a hoisting rope, a swinger-frame engaging the fallthereof, an out-haul swinger rope, an inhaul swinger rope, a swingerframe suspender rope, and

d .a counterbalance for the frame operating on said suspender rope.

19. In a marine transfer, in combination, a boat having a hatchway, ahoisting rope sheave above the hatchway, outhaul and inhaul swinger ropesheaves, a swinger frame,

a hosting rope extending therethrough, the outhaul and inhaul swingerropes, means for actuating the same, a suspender rope and acounterweight for the same.

20. In a marine transfer, in combination, a boat having a hatchway, ahoisting rope 6 sheave above the hatchway, outhaul and inhaul swinger rope sheaves, the swinger frame, the hoisting rope extending therethrough,the outhaul and inhaul' swinger ropes, means for actuating the same, asuspender rope, a counterwel htifor the same, 10 and a stop whereby thefal of said counter weight is arrested.

. THOMAS SPENCER MILLER. Witnesses: ERNEsT PULSFORD, FRANK M. McCoRn.

